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Definitions for Scope

[1] extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
[2] space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation: to give one's fancy full scope.
[3] extent in space; a tract or area.
[4] length: a scope of cable.
[5] aim or purpose.
[6] Linguistics , Logic . the range of words or elements of an expression over which a modifier or operator has control: In “old men and women,” “old” may either take “men and women” or just “men” in its scope.
[7] (used as a short form of microscope, oscilloscope, periscope, radarscope, riflescope, telescopic sight, etc.)
[8] Slang . to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
[9] scope out , Slang . to look at or over; examine; check out: a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage. to master; figure out: By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late.
[10] a combining form meaning “instrument for viewing,” used in the formation of compound words: telescope.
[11] opportunity for exercising the faculties or abilities; capacity for action plenty of scope for improvement
[12] range of view, perception, or grasp; outlook
[13] the area covered by an activity, topic, etc; range the scope of his thesis was vast
[14] nautical slack left in an anchor cable
[15] logic linguistics that part of an expression that is governed by a given operator: the scope of the negation in PV– (q ∧ r ) is –(q ∧ r )
[16] informal short for telescope, microscope, oscilloscope
[17] archaic purpose or aim
[18] informal to look at or examine carefully
[19] indicating an instrument for observing, viewing, or detecting microscope ; stethoscope

Words related to Scope

breadth, outlook, capacity, extension, purview, sphere, opportunity, radius, leeway, fullness, ambit, span, area, liberty, field, play, run, reach, confines, latitude

Words nearby Scope

scoot over, scooter, scop, scopa, scopas, scope, scope out, scopes, scopes trial, scoping, scoping study

Origin of Scope

-scope< New Latin -scopium < Greek -skopion, -skopeion, equivalent to skop(eîn ) to look at (akin to sképtesthai to look, view carefully; cf. skeptic) + -ion, -eion noun suffix

Other words from Scope

scope·less , adjective

Word origin for Scope

-scopefrom New Latin -scopium, from Greek -skopion, from skopein to look at

Synonyms for Scope

breadth, capacity, extension, opportunity, outlook, purview, sphere, ambit, amplitude, area, compass, comprehensiveness, confines, field, freedom, fullness, latitude, leeway, liberty, margin, orbit, play, radius, reach, room, run, space, span, wideness, elbow room, field of reference